un-antique chinese cookbook Oyster Sauce B**f

[Guest guest]

Great idea on the old cookbooks! I have a lot too, but I gravitate

more toward the obscure rather than the old. Besides I refuse to

call any cookbook younger than me 'old' lol. This is from the

Chinese Village Cookbook - A Practical Guide to Cantonese Cooking by

Rhoda Yee 1975.

 

original recipe calls for b**f but we subbed Morningstar's Steak

Strips. Could also use gluten or tofu.

 

Marinade:

1 Tbs cornstarch

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sherry

2 Tbs light soy sauce

 

Ingredients:

1 medium onion, cut into wedges

1 medium green pepper, in 1-inch chunks

1/4 tsp salt (we didn't add this)

1 Tbs veg stock

2 cloves garlic, crushed

4 Tbsp oyster sauce

3 Tbsp oil (we used just over 1)

 

Wait until just before adding the steak strips to dip them in the

marinade or they get a little mushy.

 

Stir fry onion and green pepper in 1T oil. Add salt and stock and

stir fry until liquid has evaporated. Set aside in a bowl. Brown

garlic in same hot pan, discard and then add steak strips (or gluten

or tofu). Mix well. Return vegetables to pan, stir and heat

through.

 

(last time we made this hubby added a mess of broccoli too, very

tasty)

 

Peace,

Diane